The talks focused on the ongoing developments in the implementation by the Kingdom of Bahrain of the practical areas of cooperation with NATO under the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative.

During the visit, the Deputy Secretary General H.E. Amb. Alessandro Minuto Rizzo and H.E. Sheikh Abdulaziz Mubarak Al-Khalifa, Under Secretary of State for Coordination and Follow up initialised the Agreement on the Security of Information between NATO and the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The agreement is a facilitator for the exchange of classified information.